Please don't ask me to list in order, and I may choose performances which made an impact despite being a commercial film. My list may cover more than 10, please don't mind.... I have forgotten many good performances I have seen in my childhood days...mostly Dilip Kumar, Nutan, Meena Kumari, Vaijayanthimala and Raj Kapoor. So I may not cover their movies....Also I can't remember many great performances of Om Puri, Nassaruddeen Shah, Anupam Kher etc....
1. Rajesh Khanna in Aaradhana (My favourite performance all time)... Rest is just a shuffled list
2. Rajesh Khanna in Anand
3. Raj Kapoor in Sangham
4. Shah Rukh Khan in Baazigar
5. Amitabh Bacchan in Black
6. Nargis in Mother India
7. Madhuri Dixit in Hum Aap Ke Hain Kaun
8. Kajol in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
9. Sharmila Tagore in Aaradhana
10. Shabana Azmi in Arth
11. Dev Anand in Guide
12. Amitabh Bachchan in Muquadar Ka Sikander
13. Vidya Balan in Dirty Picture
14. Alia Bhat in Dear Zindagi
15. Madhubala in Mughal-E-Azam
16. Shammi Kapoor in Junglee (actually a long list of movies, choosing just one)
17. Rajendra Kumar in Arzoo
18. Sadhna in Arzoo
19. Sadhna in Woh Kaun Thi
20. Rani Mukerji in Black
21. Aishwarya Rai in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
22. Hrithik Roshan in Koi Mil Gaya
23. Shah Rukh Khan in Kal Ho Na Ho
24. Darsheel Safari in Tare Zameen Par
25. Aamir Khan in Rangeela
26. Anupam Kher in Daddy
27. Shahid Kapoor in Haider
28. Salman Khan in Meine Pyar Kiya
29. Bhagya Sree in Meine Pyar Kiya
30. Shah Rukh Khan in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
31. Shah Rukh Khan in Yes Boss
32. Sanjeev Kumar in Koshish
33. Jaya Bhaduri in Koshish
34. Asha Parekh in Katti Patang
35. Amol Palekar in Golmaal
36. Sri Devi in Chandini
37. Sri Devi in Chaal Baaz
38. Aamir Khan in Dil
39. Madhuri Dixit in Dil
40. Salman Khan in Hum Aapke Hain Kaun
41. Ajay Devgan in Once Upon A Time in Mumbai
42. Ajay Devgan in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
43. Sanjay Dutt in Saajan
44. Ashok Kumar in Aashirvaad
45. Kareena Kapoor in Jab We Met
46. Shah Rukh Khan in DDLJ
47. Guru Dutt in Kagaz Ka Phool
48. Karishma Kapoor in Dil To Pagal Hai
49. Manoj Vajpayee in Pinjar
50. Tabu in Maachis/Chandini Bar
51. Hrithik Roshan in Jodha Akbar
52 .Irrfan Khan for Paan Tomar Singh
53.Kangana Ranaut in Queen
54. Saira Bhanu in Shagird
55. Manoj Vajpayee in Satya
56. Priyanka Chopra in What's Your Rashee?
57. Madhuri Dixit in Saajan
58. Rani Mukherji in Chalte Chalte
59. Sri Devi in Lamhe
60. Vaijayanthimala in Sangham
Full stop :) :)
Top 10 in the list are my top preferences, of course, though not in order. I have edited my favourite performances of Manoj Kumar in Upkaar, Raj Kumar and Vaijayantimala in Neel Kamal, Rajesh Khanna in Katti Patang, Dilip Kumar in Naya Daur and Aadmi, Sonam Kapoor in Neerja, Tina Munim in Baton Boton Mein, Amol Palekar in Rajnigandha, Jaya Bhaduri in Guddi, Waheeda Rahman in Guddi, Saif Ali Khan in Hum Tum and Kal Ho Na Ho, Rani Mukerji in Hum Tum, Kajol in Fanaa and Dushman, Madhuri Dixit in Dil To Pagal Hai, Juhi in Yes Boss, Hum Hai Rahi Pyar Ke and QSQT, Priety Zinta in Kal Ho Na Ho etc. Definitely I missed some great names in the list... I know....
I would like to add a few more impressive supporting roles.... Utpal Patel in Golmaal, Anupam Kher in Dil & DDLJ, Rajendra Kumar in Sangham, Shah Rukh Khan in Dear Zindagi, Rani Mukerji in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Raj Kiran in Arth and Karzz, Salman Khan in Saajan, Bindu in Abhimaan, Amrish Puri in Mr. India, Amjad Khan in Sholay, Tanuja in Jewel Thief, Rekha in Muquadar Ka Sikander etc....
